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A Canadian Thanksgiving

We spent our long weekend in beautiful Vancouver, BC. Here are a few photos from Stanley Park.

Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. Audrey's costume ideas: (1) Monarch butterfly (2) mountain goat. The butterfly prevailed in the end. She loved trick-or-treating on our street and was even more excited when kids came to our house.

The Monarch ready for action

Dave's excellent jack-o-lanterns

Dancing girl

 
  

Miss Clementine

My sister Leslie and her husband Kurt welcomed their fourth child last week, Clementine Aurora. Clementine was born on 8/31/2006 with a weight of 7 lbs 6 oz and length of 20.5 inches. We can't wait to meet her.

She's a cutie

My Grandma Joan holding her fifth great-grandchild

More camping

River & trees

Camping at Rasar

Last weekend we went camping at Rasar State Park along the Skagit River. Very fun.

Top row: Christi, Keith, me
Bottom row: Henry, Dave, John, Audrey, Lisa
(photo courtesy of Christi)

Henry, Brian, John, Audrey, me, Dave, Jen, Pat
(again, photo courtesy of Christi)

Audrey, John, Henry

Dave & Audrey
(photo courtesy of Keith)

Audrey & me

Audrey, Lisa, Keith

John

Victoria

Our last stop was lovely Victoria BC. These were taken on our balcony as we pulled into the harbor. Notice the butterfly "tattoo" on Audrey's left arm that Dave let her have.

Ketchikan

Picturesque Creek Street in Ketchikan was once lined with brothels and bars -- now it's home to art galleries.

Glacier Bay National Park

Cruising Glacier Bay was the highlight of the trip.

Skagway

Skagway, a gold rush town, was our favorite stop. There we went for a ride on the White Pass Railroad.

Juneau

Greek Orthodox Church

Governer's Mansion

Black bear at the Mendenhall Glacier

Alaska

In August, we went on a cruise to Alaska. It was a great vacation and we all had fun, although Dave and I were left wishing for a little more Alaska and a little less cruise ship. We definitely plan to return so this proved to be a good first visit, especially with Audrey. I'll do several posts to cover the places we visited.

Dave's picks

Recent photos chosen by Dave

The new carousel at the zoo

Another one from the zoo

Japanese garden

Cruising down the alley

Our neighbor's vegetable garden

With Isabella

PB&J with daisies